12
Steps
to
Abundance
by Carolyn blakeslee
Make a list of what you desire. List your de-
Express gratitude to others. Thank others verbally,
sires—and they must be desires, not wants or
with smiles, with thank-you cards, with expres-
needs, which imply lack rather than abundance.
sive e-mails, with encouragement. People really
By saying/thinking/writing “I desire [this] or something
appreciate kindness and good manners, especially these
even better now manifesting for the good of all con-
days when kindness, warmth and good manners seem to
cerned,” you create room for even greater possibilities.
be so rare!
Put yourself into a remembered situation where
Take mental “snapshots” of the good times. When
you felt abundant. If you catch yourself wal-
you’re on vacation or enjoying a special, beauti-
lowing in a bad memory or engaging in stinkin’
ful, joyful moment, pause and take a mental 3-D
thinkin’, go back to another memory in which you felt
“snapshot.” Notice all of the feelings and senses you have
rich, beautiful, accomplished, capable—whatever state
at that moment, gather them together in your mind, uplift
you desire.
yourself with a smile and a deep breath, tell yourself
“Remember this,” and do so. At the end of the day, bring
Align yourself with your passions. By taking even
the vivid memory back to life, and in the future when you
a small step toward your passions, you will feel
need a lift, bring the memory back then as well.
cleaner, clearer and more energetic, thus creating
more room for even greater progress.
Smile! When you pick up the phone to answer,
put a smile on your face and a smile in your voice.
Stop looking back at negative events and begin
Welcome people into your space, which is “you.”
looking forward. Come up with a list of goals
Allow them to feel your warmth. When you catch your-
and dreams. Better yet, take a journal, or a piece
self frowning with concentration during work or reading,
of paper, or a poster board, and paste pictures that repre-
lift your brows, pull back your face and smile!
sent the good things you desire in your future.
Don’t read the news online or watch TV news.
Spend time with positive people. Don’t believe
You’ll avoid nasty stories which engender nasty
anyone who tells you that your desires aren’t pos-
feelings and nasty physiological responses, you’ll
sible. You’re working hard to overcome your own
avoid wasting time, you’ll feel better. If you like to know
limiting beliefs, so why put yourself in a position where
the news, read the newspaper or a newsweekly, and set a
you have to listen to anyone else’s limiting beliefs?
time limit.
Streamline your life continually. Let go of situa-
Be a giver. People who give lead more abundant
tions and clutter that don’t support your dreams
lives. It isn’t necessary to give money if it is genu-
and passions.
inely tight; you can give time, talents, skills, stuff.
You can teach, accompany, volunteer, drive someone
Have the proverbial Attitude of Gratitude. Count
somewhere. Think about the times you’ve given and how
your blessings. Think of all the good things and
richly you have been rewarded with positive feelings. In
circumstances you have and remember them
addition, something almost magical happens when you
often. Be thankful for the good things all the time. When
free up the in-and-out fl ow of resources. By letting go and
you fi nd yourself thinking from a viewpoint of lack,
giving, the energy cycle and fl ow is re-started and rejuve-
“catch” yourself, turn away from the thought, and remind
nated, enabling the fl ow of resources back in to you.
yourself of the abundance in your life. What areas of
your life are working well? You can take those skills and
Carolyn Blakeslee can be reached at
apply them to other areas you would like to improve.
Carolyn@NaturalAwakeningsNcfl .com, 352-629-4000
January 2009
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